thirty-eight will restore the education cuts from sacramento. so remember this number. >>> ♪ >>> welcome back to cbs this morning. in florida today, a maintenance worker plans to file a lawsuit over a fallen utility pole. >> the case is highlighting a potential safety hazards in cities and towns across the country. >> good morning, charlie. a utility pole that crashed on a worker this morning was a preventable accident. the surprise is how many rotten poles are out there. a 58-year-old maintenance worker never saw disaster coming. he got a call to clear an oak tree. >> we begin, you know, clearing the tree out of the road. that was about it all i remember zblsh cables trapped underneath the fallen tree. snapping the pole at the base. baker ran for safety. right into the falling pole. it crashed into his forehead, breaking his neck. he was paralyzed from the neck down. >> the question, why me? >> reporter: that snap utility pole was 54 years old. over the decades it has rotted below ground in florida's humid climate >> i thought that it was a t